Portable extension-tipple.



W. E. SPERRY.

PORTABLE EXTENSION TIPPLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1916- Patented Jan. 2,1917.

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W. E. SPERRY.

PORTABLE EXTENSION TIPPLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1915.

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PORTABLE EXTENSION-TIPPLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed February 12, 1916. Serial No. 77,934.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, fitment E. SPERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton, in the county of Colfax and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Portable Extension-Tipple, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to what is known in mining districts as dumping tipples, used in dumping cars containing waste, rocks, debris, etc, and it is the object of the invention to provide a novel and improved appliance of that nature.

It is the object of the invention to provide a portable extension tipple, which can be adjusted forward on the main or stationary track as the dump is filled, and which can be moved back for the laying of additional rails to extend the main track over the filled in portion.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character which is improved generally in its construction and details to enhance the utility and efliciency thereof, the structure being comparatively simple and inexpensive, and being readily built up from structural material.

/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritof the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein :*Figure 1 is a plan view of the structure. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and i are enlarged sectional details taken on the respective lines 3-8 and d-i of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus, portions be ing broken away. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail illustrating the means for limiting the tilting movement of the tipple. Fig.1? is a sectional view on the lin e 77 of Fig. 6 with the tipple in normal position.

Before describing the structure in detail, it will probably enable the device to be more clearly understood, if it is stated that the device is used upon a main or stationary track run or built upon a dump. The rails of the main track are designated at 1, and

are secured upon cross ties 2 laid upon the dump or filled in material 3, which may be waste, rock, debris, or the like, which is discarded in mining, or the like, although the apparatus can be used during the building of railroads for filling in valleys, and the like.

The present apparatus embodies a carriage i movable upon the main track, and including a pair of parallel longitudinal side rails 5, preferably formed from Z-irons having upper inwardly projecting and lower outwardly projecting flanges. The rails 5 are disposed above the main rails 1, the upper inwardly projecting flanges of the rails overhanging the rails 1, and the carriage t is mounted for longitudinal movement upon the main track. Thus, any suitable number of transverse axles 6 are engaged through the webs of the rails 5 and have their terminals ournaled in bear ings '7 secured upo the lower out-turned flanges of said rails 5, and flanged wheels or rollers 8 are mounted upon the axles 6 adjacent the rails 5 to run upon the main rails 1. This permits the apparatus to be readily moved forwardly or rearwardly upon the main track as desired.

A pair of channel irons 9 having their flanges outtluned, have their webs bolted, as at 10, to the webs of the rails 5 adjacent the rear ends thereof, and the channel irons 9 project rarrwardly beyond the rear ends of the rails 5. The channel irons 9 serve to conncct the inclined rails 11 to the rails 5, bolts 12 connecting the webs of the rails 11 and channel irons 9, and suitable spacers 13 being disposed upon the bolts 12 between said rails 11 and channel irons 9 to hold said parts properly separated. The inclined rails 11 are thus supported by the channel irons 9 above the main rails 1, and their rear ends are sutiiciently low in order that a car can be run from the main track onto the rails 5 by way of the inclined rails 11, the car wheels being adapted to run upon the upper inturned flanges of the rails and the rails 1, 5 and 11 all being in alinement. The railse being constructed of Z irons are especially effective for their intended purposes, and their upper flanges provide treads in alinement with and extending to the treads of the rails 11 to receive the car wheels thereon.

In order that the carriage 4; can be fastened down upon the main track, to prevent the movement or tilting of the carriage 1 during the dumping operation, clamps 14- formed from bars or strips of metal can be applied to the rails 1 and These clamps 1 1 have hooks 15 to engage the baseflanges of the rails 1, as seen in Fig. 4, and the clamps 1+2 have angular-1y extending ends 16 through which screws 17 are threaded to engage over the lower outturned flanges of the rails 5. Thus, the hooks 15 can be readily engaged with the rails l underneath the same, and the screws 17 can then be screwed inwardly to engage upon the lower flanges of the rails 5, and for clamping the parts in place. This will hold the carriage 4 and its rails fixed, and the clamps 1% can be readily detached and applied as necessary. I

The tipple proper is carried by the forward or projecting end of the carriage a, and comprises a pair of rails 18 mounted for rocking or tilting movement, said rails 18 being mounted between their ends upon a transverse axle or rock shaft 19 having its terminals engaged through the rails 5 adjacent the. forward or free ends thereof. The outer ends of the rails 18 are bent or hooked upward, as at 21, to limit the movement of v the car when run onto the tipple, and to prevent the car from running off of the tipple when the car is being dumped. The rails 18 aline with the rails 5, the upper flanges of the rails 5 being cut away, as at 20, to receive the rear ends of the rails 18, whereby the car can be readily run from the rails 5 onto the rails 18, the tread surfaces thereof being flush.

In order to limit the tilting movement of the tipple, links 22 are pivoted, as at 23, to the inner sides of the webs of the rails 5, and links 24 are pivoted, as at 25, to the free ends of the links 22, and are pivoted, as at 26, to the outer sides of the webs of the rails 18 adjacent the inner or rear ends thereof. These toggle links are adapted to fold to gether, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 6 and in full lines in Fig. 7, when the tipple is in normal position, and when the tipple is tilted, as seen in full lines in Fig. 6, the links 22 2a swing apart and limit the movement of the rails 18, to prevent the excessive tilting thereof, as would be objectionable. The links 2 1 are provided with angularlyextending ears 27 working around the ends of the links 22, to limit the movement of-the links relative to one another, whereby they cannot be straightened out, as would render it difiicult to return the tipple to normal position. Outstanding plates 28 are preferably secured to the lower flanges of the channel irons 9, and any suitable ballast or weights can be disposed upon the plates or wings 28, to hold the rear end of the carriage 4 down.

In operation, the car which is to be dumped or unloaded, is run along the main track, and thence over the inclined rails 11 wa onto the rails 5 of the carriage 1. From the rails 5 the car is moved onto the rails 18 of the tipple, which tilts so that the car is tilted to allow the contents thereof to gravitate onto the dump beyond the main track, the carriage 4; being so positioned that the tipple is properly arranged for the dumping of the material. The empty car can then be run back onto the main track to be refilled. It is evident that as the dump is filled in, the carriage 1 can be shifted forwardly so as to extend the tipple farther on, until the full length of the structure is made use of, and then the carriage or portable track 1 can be moved back out of the way, so that the main track 1 can be extended over the bed or dump thus built up. The device is then again moved forward into place, and the operation repeated.

It is of course understood that the proportions of the various parts will depend upon the circumstances, and other alterations can be made within the scope of what is hereinafter claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as now is:

1. A dumping device embodying a pair of Z-shaped rails having upper inwardly projecting and lower outwardly projecting flanges, members secured to the webs of said rails and projecting beyond certain ends thereof, inclined rails attached to said members and alining with the upper inwardly projecting flanges of said rails, and wheels carried by the first mentioned rails to run upon a track.

2. A dumping device embodying a pair of Z-shaped rails having upper inwardly projecting and lower outwardly projecting flanges, members secured to the webs of said rails and projecting beyond certain ends thereof, inclined rails attached to said members and alining with the upper inwardly projecting flanges of said rails, wheels carried by the first mentioned rails to run upon a track, a tipple carried by the first mentioned rails remote from the inclined rails, and outstanding plates attached to said members for supporting ballast.

3. A dumping device embodying a pair of rails having. upper inwardly projecting flanges to overlie the rails of a track, wheels carried by the first mentioned rails uponthe inner sides thereof below said flanges to run upon the rails of the track, a rocking tipple carried by certain ends of the first mentioned rails, and inclined rails carried by the other ends thereof, said inclined rails extending to said flanges.

4. A dumping device embodying a pair of Z-shaped rails having upper inwardly projecting and lower outwardly projecting flanges, bearings secured upon the lower out rdly projecting flanges, transverse axles mounted in said bearings, Wheels mounted In testimony that I claim the foregoing upon said axles upon the lnner sides of said as my own, I have hereto aflixed my slgnarails below the upper lnwardly prqectmg ture in the presence of two wltnesses.

flanges, and inclined rails carried by certain WILLIAM E. SPERRY. ends of the aforesaid rails and extending to Witnesses:

the upper inwardly projecting flanges A. R. BEAFER,

thereof. HAROLD 'FINLEY.

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